Lena Dunham Is Sorry for Saying She Wishes She Had an Abortion

Lena Dunham on Tuesday apologized for saying she wished she had an abortion, calling the gaffe she made on her podcast a “distasteful joke” that “didn’t translate.”

In an Instagram post she penned after drawing intense backlash for her remarks, the Girls star directly addressed women she might have offended when she said, “Now I can say that I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had.